Hey, it's episode number 290. Holy smokes, how did we get to 290? You guys are awesome. Thanks for sticking

around. Hey, today's episode is with my friend Christy Dickerson, the founder of the Start Planner.

So if you are a productivity and a planner nerd, just like I am, get ready. This one is

definitely worth the listen.

Let's talk about your business, strategy, and the juicy details of what actually works, from mainstream fashion to fashion on Main Street and the entire ecosystem behind it.

How do we scale your company and do it with the balance and the happiness that we all seek?

Let's hear from those insiders,

experts, and strategists that actually make it happen. I'm your host, Ashley Alderson from the boutique hub, and I can't wait to chat.

So earlier this year, I feel like our stars aligned when I had the opportunity to digitally

meet my friend Christy Dickerson, who's the founder of the start planner. You may have seen

her line of planners or heard her podcast. She's an entrepreneur, a productivity expert, a podcaster,

educator, finance nerd, dreamer, overachiever, lover of design, among many things.

She is a woman who means business and who also knows planning and productivity. It isn't about

being a Pinterest mom. It isn't about perfection. It isn't about making sure your New Year's

resolutions are absolutely perfect and you never

deviate from that plan for the rest of the year. In fact, the more I got to meet Christy,

the more I loved her spirit because she's someone who loves planning and productivity and all the

things that I know you and I are both into. But at the same time, it's not about perfection.

It's about planning in the chaos and making that

chaos work for you because it's the beautiful thing that's called your life, right? No one's life is

perfect. And I think that is this oblivious lie we're told on social media every single day and that

somehow a planner is going to make it all perfect. And really, that's not what it's about at all. It's about

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